# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1053&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1054 --- ## [NBA legend Bill Russell has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-legend-bill-russell-has-died/968878)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2022, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-legend-bill-russell-has-died/968878 "2022-08-05T05:55:13Z")
One of the greatest ever to play three game has died. He was 88. Rest In Peace, Bill. --- ## [Multiple streams of income](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-streams-of-income/968399)
**Author:** [@Danger\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danger_Man)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2022, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-streams-of-income/968399 "2022-08-05T04:36:40Z")
I see a lot of YouTube videos pop up these days about the importance of having multiple streams of income. I have even heard it mentioned in a few podcasts I listen to. I suppose it is nice if you have the opportunity, … --- ## [South Korea launches lunar satellite](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-korea-launches-lunar-satellite/969125)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2022, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-korea-launches-lunar-satellite/969125 "2022-08-05T02:17:05Z")
South Korea has launched a lunar satellite, Danuri (Korean for “enjoy the moon”) which is intended to scan the lunar surface at the poles, particularly the south pole, on a year-long mission to search for possible future… --- ## [al-Zawahiri done got sliced up {2022-08-02}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-zawahiri-done-got-sliced-up-2022-08-02/968948)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2022, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-zawahiri-done-got-sliced-up-2022-08-02/968948 "2022-08-05T02:11:31Z")
--- ## [Doesn't Matt Gaetz HIMSELF look kinda like a Thumb?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-matt-gaetz-himself-look-kinda-like-a-thumb/968519)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2022, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-matt-gaetz-himself-look-kinda-like-a-thumb/968519 "2022-08-05T01:04:00Z")
--- ## [What information can a website obtain by you simply going to it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-information-can-a-website-obtain-by-you-simply-going-to-it/969027)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-information-can-a-website-obtain-by-you-simply-going-to-it/969027 "2022-08-04T23:48:27Z")
I’m still trying to understand this newfangled internet thing. :confused: When I go from one website to another, does the new website know from which website I came? For example, if I go from this page to CNN, does CN… --- ## [Is Biden more of a danger than Trump?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-biden-more-of-a-danger-than-trump/969115)
**Author:** [@Foxtrot\_Tango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foxtrot_Tango)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-biden-more-of-a-danger-than-trump/969115 "2022-08-04T23:13:10Z")
I never felt during Trump’s reign the utter fear I feel now with Biden. I am convinced we are heading to WW3 with Biden Would our existence be safer under Trump? --- ## [New Beavis and Butt-head episodes on YouTube](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-beavis-and-butt-head-episodes-on-youtube/969107)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-beavis-and-butt-head-episodes-on-youtube/969107 "2022-08-04T23:12:50Z")
No copyright infringement intended here. Two new episodes of the return of Mike Judge’s Beavis and Butt-head are available to watch on Paramount+'s official YouTube channel, probably for a limited time in order to entice… --- ## ["Perfect Rice in 10 Minutes!" Except it's not](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-rice-in-10-minutes-except-its-not/969032)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-rice-in-10-minutes-except-its-not/969032 "2022-08-04T23:10:55Z")
Fixing dinner last night, I pull out my box of \[Uncle\] Ben’s boil-in-bag rice. It says right on the front of the box in big letters “Perfect rice in 10 minutes!” Checking the cooking instructions, it says to boil for 12… --- ## [Vin Scully now calling the game up high](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vin-scully-now-calling-the-game-up-high/968999)
**Author:** [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vin-scully-now-calling-the-game-up-high/968999 "2022-08-04T22:53:42Z")
Best baseball announcer ever. --- ## [How Many States of Matter are There? 3, 4 or 5?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-of-matter-are-there-3-4-or-5/21658)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-of-matter-are-there-3-4-or-5/21658 "2022-08-04T22:35:59Z")
Ok, we can all agree on the easy ones…Gas, Liquid and Solid. I read somewhere that a Bose-Einstein Condensate can be considered a 4th state of matter. I had also heard somewhere that Plasma (i.e. what matter in a star … --- ## [When was the first interracial kiss on TV in the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-first-interracial-kiss-on-tv-in-the-us/969012)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-first-interracial-kiss-on-tv-in-the-us/969012 "2022-08-04T21:24:41Z")
Inspired by the Nicole Nichols memorial thread, I wondered if her kiss with Shatner on Star Trek was really the first? --- ## [If you're a good athlete, is it better to stick with the same team your whole career, or play for multiple teams?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-a-good-athlete-is-it-better-to-stick-with-the-same-team-your-whole-career-or-play-for-multiple-teams/968986)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-a-good-athlete-is-it-better-to-stick-with-the-same-team-your-whole-career-or-play-for-multiple-teams/968986 "2022-08-04T21:15:52Z")
Say you’re an athlete who is good enough to be a starter on any team - one of the top 20 players in the league, on par with LeBron, Gretzky or Messi. ISTM you’re better off playing for, say, 3 teams in your career rathe… --- ## [Why is Pelosi planning on visiting Taiwan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-pelosi-planning-on-visiting-taiwan/968935)
**Author:** [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-pelosi-planning-on-visiting-taiwan/968935 "2022-08-04T20:50:28Z")
All I see are articles about the planned visit, and about China’s threats of vague retaliatory measures if she does, but I haven’t seen a clear reason why she’s going there. With all the tensions with Russia due to the … --- ## [Strong wind = poor internet service?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strong-wind-poor-internet-service/968833)
**Author:** [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strong-wind-poor-internet-service/968833 "2022-08-04T20:40:42Z")
My wife swears this is the case. She says she has noticed a correlation between strong winds (“strong” is undefined) and the number of times we lose internet service or it slows to a crawl. When that happens, the first … --- ## [UFOs off the Cleveland shore](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ufos-off-the-cleveland-shore/968976)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ufos-off-the-cleveland-shore/968976 "2022-08-04T20:35:02Z")
This Channel 5 story about a waterspout in Lake Erie makes no mention of the 4 large flying saucers in the photos. Click on the photos, not the video. Some kind of reflections? --- ## [What are your time markers for remembering when things occurred?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-time-markers-for-remembering-when-things-occurred/969049)
**Author:** [@Esprise\_Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprise_Me)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-time-markers-for-remembering-when-things-occurred/969049 "2022-08-04T20:30:26Z")
The other day I was trying to remember how long ago we got our Roomba. I was able to recall which apartment we were living in at the time, which places it somewhere between the fall of 2015 and the summer of 2018. Since … --- ## [The ERA and abortion rights](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-era-and-abortion-rights/969041)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-era-and-abortion-rights/969041 "2022-08-04T19:13:27Z")
This might belong in Politics or Great Debates instead of here, but I’m starting it out here, and I let the mods promote it if it deserves. I have a question about the ERA and abortion rights, but to start out, here is … --- ## [What is wrong with people?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-people/969001)
**Author:** [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-people/969001 "2022-08-04T19:02:58Z")
Long, sorry. So I get to work and say hello to my boss and I can immediately tell something is wrong. As it turns out his father is in the hospital with cancer, but has now contacted Covid and it is bad. The doctors exp… --- ## [Why is my Email Screwed Up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-email-screwed-up/969081)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-email-screwed-up/969081 "2022-08-04T18:46:54Z")
I am using Windows 11, and the bog-standard Mail program. Nothing fancy. Most of my emails come through fine. Some (including an important one from my doctor) do not display properly. I get lots of formatting stuff; … --- ## [Shows and movies that star the same actors in the same roles decades later](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-and-movies-that-star-the-same-actors-in-the-same-roles-decades-later/968665)
**Author:** [@Mr.E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.E)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-and-movies-that-star-the-same-actors-in-the-same-roles-decades-later/968665 "2022-08-04T17:52:38Z")
Star Trek Picard season 3 is reuniting most of the main cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation to tell a new story nearly 30 years later. The Matrix Resurrections did the same after a nearly 20 year gap. Jamie Lee Curtis… --- ## [Anyone have experience with Google Assistant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-experience-with-google-assistant/969043)
**Author:** [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-experience-with-google-assistant/969043 "2022-08-04T17:46:35Z")
This all started when I wanted something to replace my ancient Sonos controller and also to provide a digital clock in the bedroom. I am leaning towards Google Assistant because I’m heavily invested in the Google univer… --- ## [Can someone please advise me on a DIY project on a metal table with a Faux Marble top?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-advise-me-on-a-diy-project-on-a-metal-table-with-a-faux-marble-top/969087)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-advise-me-on-a-diy-project-on-a-metal-table-with-a-faux-marble-top/969087 "2022-08-04T17:39:28Z")
Hi, I have this metal table with a faux marble top that I’d like to fix-up. It was exposed to some sun and water and some other type of cleaner and now the top is damaged. The top is peeling on one corner and I want to… --- ## [Need some help understanding diopters and nearsightedness (for swimming goggles)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-help-understanding-diopters-and-nearsightedness-for-swimming-goggles/968979)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-help-understanding-diopters-and-nearsightedness-for-swimming-goggles/968979 "2022-08-04T17:03:10Z")
Growing up in Asia, optometrists always used a system of “200 degrees, 400 degrees, 800 degrees” for nearsightedness. In America, however, it’s apparently “diopters” of “-2.5, -4.0, -7.5,” etc. I’m not sure how it conve… --- ## [Watching People Watching Things](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-people-watching-things/969063)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-people-watching-things/969063 "2022-08-04T16:54:25Z")
I spend very little time following memes and popular Interwebz sites. I am vaguely familiar with people unboxing new stuff or playing games or commenting sarcastically on events and things and people. A Grauniad column… --- ## [The Atoz Game (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 9999\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920 "2022-08-04T15:41:52Z")
You know the rules. You add another entry to the existing category. If you finish the category, you start a new one. The lists here aren’t for ten or thirteen items. They go up to twenty-six; one for each letter of the … --- ## [Tell a joke that only someone from your region will understand](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-a-joke-that-only-someone-from-your-region-will-understand/968346)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-a-joke-that-only-someone-from-your-region-will-understand/968346 "2022-08-04T15:20:54Z")
Hampton Roads, Virginia: “Damn, that hurricane better slow its approach up the coast; if it hits Emporia going that speed, it’s gonna get pulled over.” --- ## [Why is there suddenly a Favorites folder icon on my Mac desktop and how do I get rid of it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-suddenly-a-favorites-folder-icon-on-my-mac-desktop-and-how-do-i-get-rid-of-it/969093)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-suddenly-a-favorites-folder-icon-on-my-mac-desktop-and-how-do-i-get-rid-of-it/969093 "2022-08-04T15:18:29Z")
This thing suddenly appeared. It’s a good guess that some accidental hand movement generated it, I don’t know. But I don’t want ANY icons on my desktop. I have a Favorites section on my Finder sidebar and that’s fine. H… --- ## [22-year-old zombie thread popped up near the top of MPSIMS without any new posts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/22-year-old-zombie-thread-popped-up-near-the-top-of-mpsims-without-any-new-posts/969064)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/22-year-old-zombie-thread-popped-up-near-the-top-of-mpsims-without-any-new-posts/969064 "2022-08-04T14:55:11Z")
This thread just popped up about 21 threads from the top of MPSIMS, even though nobody has posted in it since 2000. --- ## [The morality of not limiting human contact as much as possible](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-morality-of-not-limiting-human-contact-as-much-as-possible/956823)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-morality-of-not-limiting-human-contact-as-much-as-possible/956823 "2022-08-04T14:49:30Z")
Especially with omicron here. This is a question I’ve been struggling with for a while. Am I a bad person for being in the presence of multiple strangers indoors in public, including a good deal of maskholes? After all,… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1052&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1054&state=muted)